This isn't a proper tutorial, more of an intro to a lil program I recently discovered and wanted to share. It's a simple python script so it's not limited to linux. Mods feel free to move if there's a better place for this.
Keep forgetting those variables? No time to read man pages? If you're a noob like me you're gonna appreciate this nifty 'assistant'.
Noobs and overlord sysadmins, no more googling for answers - setup your personal cheat sheet to get those unfamiliar commands in an instant.
It's a simple tool that that shows what you've noted down in ~/.cheat/foo - when invoking
~]$ cheat foo
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Install it, requires python3 & python-pip
~]$ sudo pip install cheat -
Set an $EDITOR variable so you can edit cheatsheets on the fly, e.g. to use vim
~]$ export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"
Done.
It comes with some preconfigured defaults, to list all available sheets on your machine:
~]$ cheat -l
The default "configurations" are located in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cheat/cheatsheets/
You also have a .cheat/ directory in your home folder where all your edited files are located.
A short example:
~]$ cheat youtube-dl
Looks good, but I don't need that wiki link so that can go, and occasionally I want something as an mp3, so in case I forget the command the file can be simply edited with
~]$ cheat -e youtube-dl
The edited file is saved in the ~/.cheat/ directory.
New try, now howto mp3 is included:
Yay!
But what if I forget the program, i.e. in this case youtube-dl, and all I know is I want an mp3... I can search for keywords in all files by invoking * -s*
~]$ cheat -s mp3
Simple as pie yet very useful, this can be used for any kind of note-taking so basically only your imagination is the limit on what to show.
